Qualcomm, which licenses patents for mobile phones used by 96 million people, had a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $44.5 million, in contrast to a year-earlier profit, because of acquisition-related costs.
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The Computer Sciences Corporation, the No. 3 computer-services company in the nation, said today that its profit fell because of acquisition costs in its most recent quarter.
[Correction: I incorrectly reported in this post that Oracle has not posted a profit since its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
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The online retailer of mobile phone services reported a 60% rise in full year turnover and an underlying profit of £3.4m, helped by the acquisition of Jones' sim cards company Data Select Network Solutions and internet design business PJ Media.
The Vodafone Group, the world's leading mobile phone company, announced today a solid rise in first-half profit, excluding the cost of acquisitions.
Corinthian Colleges Inc., an operator of vocational and technical schools, said yesterday that quarterly profit rose 50percentt because of acquisitions and higher student enrollment at campuses and through the Internet.
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Excluding acquisition charges, it expects profit of 12 to 17 cents a share, while analysts expect profit of 11 cents a share.
Excluding one-time charges related to its acquisition, ScanSoft turned a profit of $4.7 million, or 8 cents a share.
